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apify/web-scraper

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Apify Technologies

Maintained by Community

The scraper of Web

4.0 (3)

Pricing

Pay per usage

44

Monthly users

6

Runs succeeded

>99%

Response time

4.5 days

Last modified

3 months ago

You can access the Web Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

1echo '{
2  "runMode": "DEVELOPMENT",
3  "startUrls": [
4    {
5      "url": "https://apify.com"
6    }
7  ],
8  "linkSelector": "a[href]",
9  "pseudoUrls": [
10    {
11      "purl": "https://apify.com[(/[\\\\w-]+)?]"
12    }
13  ],
14  "pageFunction": "// The function accepts a single argument: the \\"context\\" object.\\n// For a complete list of its properties and functions,\\n// see https://apify.com/apify/web-scraper#page-function \\nasync function pageFunction(context) {\\n    // This statement works as a breakpoint when you'\''re trying to debug your code. Works only with Run mode: DEVELOPMENT!\\n    // debugger; \\n\\n    // jQuery is handy for finding DOM elements and extracting data from them.\\n    // To use it, make sure to enable the \\"Inject jQuery\\" option.\\n    const $ = context.jQuery;\\n    const pageTitle = $('\''title'\'').first().text();\\n\\n    // Print some information to actor log\\n    context.log.info(`URL: ${context.request.url}, TITLE: ${pageTitle}`);\\n\\n    // Manually add a new page to the queue for scraping.\\n   await context.enqueueRequest({ url: '\''http://www.example.com'\'' });\\n\\n    // Return an object with the data extracted from the page.\\n    // It will be stored to the resulting dataset.\\n    return {\\n        url: context.request.url,\\n        pageTitle\\n    };\\n}",
15  "proxyConfiguration": {
16    "useApifyProxy": true
17  },
18  "initialCookies": [],
19  "waitUntil": [
20    "networkidle2"
21  ],
22  "preNavigationHooks": "// We need to return array of (possibly async) functions here.\\n// The functions accept two arguments: the \\"crawlingContext\\" object\\n// and \\"gotoOptions\\".\\n[\\n    async (crawlingContext, gotoOptions) => {\\n        // ...\\n    },\\n]\\n",
23  "postNavigationHooks": "// We need to return array of (possibly async) functions here.\\n// The functions accept a single argument: the \\"crawlingContext\\" object.\\n[\\n    async (crawlingContext) => {\\n        // ...\\n    },\\n]",
24  "breakpointLocation": "NONE",
25  "customData": {}
26}' |
27apify call apify/web-scraper --silent --output-dataset

Web Scraper API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Web Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the Apify CLI

1npm i -g apify-cli
2apify login

Other API clients include:

Pricing

Pricing model

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage.